Open Air Electives - Planning Preferences Survey

Outdoors & Open Air. Small Group Setting. Face to Face. Socially Distant. Age Appropriate.

At this time, we anticipate this being a 3-hour outdoor drop-off program including P.E., Art, and Music as a package deal for homeschool and distance learning families. We are bringing in incredible high-quality academic programs with great resources for students! Classes will be broken down into the following grades: K-2, 3-5, and 6-8. Each small group (example: K-2 group) would have no more than 8-9 students, so that the entire program would have no more than 24-27 students. We are hopeful that this set up will help us to maintain Phase 1, 2, and 3 compliance all year, so there would be minimal disruption to the program. We are in the process of deciding a number of factors, and we would like your input!

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* 1. We anticipate the weather plan for this program being online Zoom classes for the day. We are hopeful that this could work similarly to a snow day in years past – an announcement is made the night before and classes meet the next day over Zoom in the event of precipitation, overly high heat or below freezing cold. This will allow us to avoid a tangle of make-up days and stay on schedule, while the children remain connected weekly to their class. Given this plan, what set up for the year would you feel most comfortable with?

Meeting in person for a full school-year (30 weeks of instruction), so that classes could still meet in person even on mild Winter days

Meeting only for Fall and Spring (8-10 weeks each), without a Winter Program

Meeting in person for Fall and Spring, and planning a Winter program online only

I do not want to be in a program utilizing Zoom for weather planning, and would prefer make-up classes or non-refundable cancelled classes

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* 2. We plan to maintain the state requirement of 6 feet social distancing for art and music, and 10 feet social distancing for P.E. We understand that children will not accomplish this perfectly, and intend to make it a gentle introduction to the idea, using carpet squares, poly-spots, and hula hoops for marking seating. As much as we wish this weren’t the case, we see that students will need to learn how and when to use this practice for the coming year. Given this plan for outdoor instruction and social distancing, what policy about masks do you feel most comfortable with?

Masks should be optional for teachers and students.

Masks should be required for teachers and students.

Masks should be required for teachers, and optional for students.

I do not want to be part of a program using social distancing and/or masks.

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* 3. Our insurance providers will now require a standard liability waiver (assumption of risk of injury and the like), as well as an infectious disease waiver (assumption of risk for COVID, Flu, and others). Would you be willing to sign these waivers to have your child participate?

Yes, I would sign both the liability waiver and the infectious disease waiver.

If these waivers are required, I would opt not to participate in the program.

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* 4. We anticipate this being more like a paid drop-off program offered jointly by established businesses than a co-op. We wish to give parents a real break! This means that while you as a parent will not be asked to teach anything, fundraise, organize/ plan/ volunteer for anything, clean anything, bake any cookies, or staff the nursery…. We are also not including any plans for parties, field trips, mom’s socials, yearbook, or any of those community-style extras that you might get with a co-op. What is your reaction to this set-up?

Great! I really need the break more than I need the extras.

I would really miss the extras, and would be willing to volunteer to make some of those happen.

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* 5. Depending on levels of interest, we may be able to offer more than one location. Which of the following locations is BEST for you (please pick only one)?

Ashburn/ Broadlands

Leesburg

Sterling

Brambleton

Lucketts

Middleburg

South Riding

Aldie

Purcellville

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* 6. One of our best potential locations is currently Camp Highroad in Middleburg, VA. It is a drive out there for some areas of Loudoun! Would you be likely to attend Open Air Electives at Camp Highroad if…?

There were an optional add-on lunch and afternoon program offered by the campground staff (ex: nature study, Bible study, adventure experience), so I could drop off my child for morning and afternoon.

There was a Wi-Fi connection and coffee available so I could work remotely while waiting for my child.

I would attend Open Air Electives at Camp Highroad with just the 3-hour drop-off plan, and I do not need anything else.

I would not attend Open Air Electives at Camp Highroad because it is just too far.

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* 7. We have a solid contact for an academic Art program and will bring our P.E. program from GamePoint Athletics, but are experiencing challenges with finding a full-year portable Music vendor. We are still working on it! But if we were to swap in a Spanish Foreign Language option instead of Music, how would you feel?

I would love a Spanish option instead of Music!

I do not feel Spanish is a good swap for Music.

I am happy with either option.

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* 8. It’s time to talk price points. As much as we want to keep costs down as much as possible – we do understand the sacrifices that come with homeschooling AND many are experiencing such hardship in this pandemic – we also need to be fair to the businesses that are making such effort to try this out, go portable, make significant adjustments and take on additional risk, and which have experienced a huge drop in their own revenue due to COVID. So that said, I think we must at minimum expect to pay $40/day per student (plus additional supplies at the beginning of the year). This includes paying the 3 vendors for art, music, and P.E., and renting something small like a park pavilion or campground space. Depending on the number of dates we decide to include for the year, there you have your approximate total tuition. This could be broken into quarterly, monthly, or per semester payments. What are you most comfortable with?

One time payment of approx $360/ student for an 8-or-9-week Semester (Fall Only or Spring Only/ no Winter option)

4 Quarterly payments of approx $300/ student for full school year (30 weeks)

9 Monthly payments of approx. $135/ student for full school year (30 weeks)

None of these are within my means and budget for the upcoming year.

Any of these options are ok with me.

Open Air Electives - Planning Preferences Survey

Outdoors & Open Air. Small Group Setting. Face to Face. Socially Distant. Age Appropriate.

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* 3. Our insurance providers will now require a standard liability waiver (assumption of risk of injury and the like), as well as an infectious disease waiver (assumption of risk for COVID, Flu, and others). Would you be willing to sign these waivers to have your child participate?

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* 5. Depending on levels of interest, we may be able to offer more than one location. Which of the following locations is BEST for you (please pick only one)?

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* 6. One of our best potential locations is currently Camp Highroad in Middleburg, VA. It is a drive out there for some areas of Loudoun! Would you be likely to attend Open Air Electives at Camp Highroad if…?

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* 9. Do you have any additional comments or suggestions you'd like to share with us?